HC Deb 21 February 1968 vol 759 cc115-6W
64. Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Minister of Transport what lessons she has drawn for other parts of the country from the Leicester and Cheltenham experiments in disc parking.

Mr. Carmichael

With the full co-operation of the Borough the disc parking scheme at Cheltenham was surveyed in 1965. A summary of results and conclusions was included in the report on Roads in England for 1965–66 at paragraph 5.18, and in Roads Circular 36/67. Leicester has not operated disc parking.

81. Mr. John Hall

asked the Minister of Transport if she will take steps to recommend to local authorities the adoption of the parking disc system.

Mr. Carmichael

Local authorities have been kept informed about the parking disc system, and the Department recently circulated the results of a survey of the scheme in Cheltenham.

It is our policy that local authorities should themselves decide in the light of local conditions whether to adopt this particular form of parking control.